Commiskey Rites Held For Charles Commiskey
Charles Commiskey longtime resident and husband of Ellen Commiskey died Thursday December 27 at his residence 11338 Gapivol. He leaves daughter Mrs Catherine Lama Edwards and son A Commiskey with two grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services held Saturday December 29 at 2 p.m. at Hill cemetery. Logon Lodge 575 and A M officiated. Fort Wayne undertakers Hiley Titus and others listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ale
Ellen Commiskey
Catherine Lama Edwards
A. Commiskey
Doloris Eckstein
Bertine Coi
Angela Eckstein
Logan Lodge
A. M
Gapivol
Help Wanted Female Age 16 to 40 Household Keeper
Classified notices describe positions for a White woman to travel and care for children and a young or middle aged lady for housekeeping. Call after 6 and visit addresses in Belmont and East for in person applications. Additional ads list upholstering decorating rug cleaning and room rentals with various terms and locations.
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Belmont
East
Grain Prices Fall on Heavy Selling on Board of Trade
December wheat and corn prices dropped as heavy deliveries hit the Board of Trade. May wheat traded at a low $1.20 amid broad selling while cash wheat and corn showed small declines and oats held firmer in dull trading. Receipts totaled 9, 254, and 41 cars for wheat, corn, and oats respectively.
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United Press
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Stocks Rise on Strong Demand Despite High Call Money
Stocks advanced on the New York Exchange as high 12 percent call money did not halt buying. General Electric led gains with Radio and Montgomery Ward among leaders. United States Steel and General Motors held steadier. Total volume reached about 3.6 million shares by 2:15 p.m. with industrials averaging a new high.
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United Press
NEW York
Stock Exchange
General Electric
Montgomery Ward
Chrysler
United States Steel
General Motors
Wall Street
Yesy
Jailed by Own Wish to Avoid Theft in Pottsville
Thomas Williams, a paroled prisoner from Eastern penitentiary, chose a cell at Pottsville city hall lockup to avoid homelessness and temptation to steal. He said he could not find work and asked to be returned to the penitentiary.
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Pottsville
Thomas Williams
Philadelphia
City Hall
Williams
Muncie Council Probes Public Works Board Action
A special council committee in Muncie Indiana will report January 7 on its inquiry into the public works board for not informing the council before hiring an engineering firm to supervise sewer construction. The board’s president A C Thornburg resigned after council criticism and threats of investigation.
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Times
Muncie
Ind
Public Works Board
A. C. Thornburg
Banks and Exchange News From Indianapolis and New York
Indianapolis bank clearings reported at 3 918 000 with debits 8 616 000 and bank balances 7 600 000. New York clearing totals reached 1 647 000 000 with a balance of 174 000 and a federal reserve credit balance of 144 000 000. Treasury figures for December 26 show receipts of 284 175 878 93 and customs receipts to December 26 total 38 725 168 99. Foreign exchange closed steady with sterling 4 85 4 francs 39 % and marks 23 81 cents up 2 cents.
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New York
Bulwater Press
Clearing House
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Cateco
Gaited Press
York
Belga
Montreal
Stock market holds steady as investors eye longer view
New York December 28 mood remains optimistic as trading continues with steady demand for leading stocks. Westinghouse Electric plans bond redemption via new stock and investment trusts gain prominence, signaling stronger market fundamentals for 1929.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Westinghouse Electric
City yards show firmer hog prices and steady cattle
Hog prices rise 15 to 25 cents with improved demand and lighter receipts. Bulk hogs 160 to 300 pounds bring 9.15 to 9.25. Cattle steady to strong with plain steers around 11 and heifers 17.50 to 19. Sheep and lambs steady. top lambs 15. Fat grades 14.50 to 14.75. Receipts: hogs 7,000 holdovers 182. cattle 5,000. sheep 12,900.
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Chicago
United Press
Cincinnati
Cman
By Times
Louisville
Tribe
Buffalo
United Press Pittsburgh
Livestock Prices Across Markets End Dec Trade
Hog receipts near forty thousand with steady to higher quotes in Chicago Louisville East Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Cattle and calves show mixed moves with prime steers up to thirteen plus and vealers around twelve to fourteen, while sheep trends vary by market with fat lambs and ewes quoted at multiple price bands.
Market Price List for Fruits and Vegetables
A dense catalog of produce and prices including Jonathan apples 2.50 to 2.75, Delicios and Grimes baskets, Lemons California crate 6.25 to 6.75, Valencia crate 7 to 9.25, Persimmons Japanese 1.75 to 2.40, Pears Bose 4.50, Artichokes 1.75 a dozen, Cauliflower California 2.75, Tomatoes California various crates, Lettuce California head 5.50, Onions Yellow 5.50 per 100-lb crate, Cocoanuts 6 per bag, and regional markers from Ohio Idaho Virginia to Tennessee.
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Jonathan
Basket
Grimes
Bahamas
Almeria
California
Valencia
Florida
Beas
Wisconsin
Alb
Kale
Western
Ohio
Idaho
Virginia
Tennessee
Nancy Halls
Marmon Stock Issue Voted for Increased Shares
Marmon Motor Car Company board approved no par value stock increase from 200000 to 400000 shares. 60000 new shares offered at 55 dollars each with rights dated to January 7 1929. Rights expire January 28 1929. Proceeds to fund expansion including Roosevelt model debut in February.
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Marmon Motor Car Company
Marmon
G. M. Williams
Roosevelt
Marmon Company
New York Stock Exchange
Local grain and dairy prices listed for wagon markets
Grain elevators in Wagon Wheat City pay 1.23 for No 2 red wheat and 1.07 for No 2 hard wheat. Butter wholesale quotations include No 1 53 54c and No 2 51 52c. Cheese wholesale prices per pound vary by label. Poultry buying prices cover hens, leghorn hens, spring chicks, ducks, geese, and turkeys with multiple weight ranges and price points.
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Wisconsin
New York
Indianapolis
Mrs Olive Gehrett dies in Wells county pellagra case
Bluffton Indiana December 28 Mrs Olive Gehrett is dead the first fatal pellagra case recorded in Wells county The disease results from lack of certain vitamins in food or failure to absorb them and in this instance the latter caused her death.
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Times
Bluffton
Ind
Olive Gehrett
Wells County
Gehrett
Pneumonia Claims New Albany Man Amid Care Delays
New Albany report says William Turner aged 70 died of pneumonia after his mother aged 90, the only other occupant, was too feeble to summon help. Neighbors arriving found the son already dead.
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Times
New Albany
William Turner
Cotton Market Dull in New York as Year Ends
The Cotton Market led by Thompson and McKinnon shows a dull morning in New York on December 28. Fluctuations stay within narrow bounds and traders with existing positions await after year end to adjust. The market hints at future focus on screage with record possibilities, though no bullish trend is evident.
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Thompson & McKinnon
New York
Cash grain prices and primary receipts across Chicago and Toledo
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat corn oats with mixed No 2 hard at 1.18 and No 2 white oats near 49 to 54 cents, Toledo cash grain shows wheat at 1.41 and corn at 2.49 to 2.50, alongside rye oats and barley quotes. Primary receipts compare week totals for wheat, corn, and oats with prior figures.
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United Press
Chicago
Toledo
Times Special
Newspaper publicity helps crippled girl raise funds
In Fort Wayne Indiana on December 28 a charity effort by Miss M. M. Betcher, a cripple, to sell Christmas cards seals candy and magazine subscriptions via letters drew no buyers. Describing the case in two newspapers quickly raised 116.50 for her needs.
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Times Special
FT. Wayne
Ind
M. M. Betcher
Law and order in quirky municipal court tale
Law and order satire follows Thursday in crimi nal municipal courts where attorneys pay their bills after wins. Uncle Search Warrant and Beatrice Lopez mingle with judges as cases range from orphan seating limits to butchering landlords, with releases and discharges amid comic legal wordplay.
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Sir Law
Duke
Emma
Oshkosh
Gladstone
Uncle
Unce
Nick Missh
New Jersey
Harry Tipps
Tipps
Missh
Markey
Births at Coleman Hospital and Local Addresses
Births listed with multiple families and addresses around Coleman Hospital. Individuals include Herbert Hawthorne, Loyce Hawthorne, Rivalcahe Oertel, Clara Robertson, Ethel Bryant, Lawrence Suddeth, Oba Suddeth, Iris William, Addie Hoeltke, Raymond England, Lealetta England, George Lorentz, Maude Lorentz, Alden Wilson, Esther Wilson, Orval Suddeth, Ina Suddeth, Peter Farmer, Opal Farmer. Many reside at Coleman Hospital or nearby addresses in Coleman area.
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Beriram
Viremney
South First
Herbert and
Loyce Hawthorne
Illinois
Rivalcahe
Bessie Oertel
Coleman Ospital Afue
Clara Robertson
Ashani
Upto
Ethel Bryant
South
Lawrence
Oba Suddeth
Marion
Iris William
Addie Hoeltke
Roose
Vaaye Raymond
Lealetta
England
Coleman Hospital
George and Maude Lorentz
Alden and Esther Wilson
Orval
Ina
North Addison
Peter and Opal Farmer
Obituaries Listing of Pneumonia and Heart Disease Deaths
A compiled list shows many individuals with ages from 4 months to 82 who died from illnesses including bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, acute myocarditis, arteriosclerosis, brain tumor, and carcinoma. Names include Mary E Kilburn James Utterback Ada Foster and others with addresses and hospitals referenced.
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Herbert
James Henry Utterback
North Jefferson
Ada M. Foster
North Grays
William Henry Clegg
Graceland
Herbert J. Tman
Harvard Place
Robert Cox
Agnes
Katherine Riley
St. Vincent Hospital
Thomas M. Enoch
North Temple
Beatrice Worthington Sanders
City Hospital
George W. Potter
Brighton Boulevard
cleEe Dudley
Earl Allen Reed
Rookwood
E. James Shifler
Nancy Stoops
College
Thomas H. Clark
Central Indiana Hospital
Nelle
Pate
North California
Malinda J. Mitchell
East Twenty-sixth
Douglass Barnes
Catherine Bauman
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bonaparte Smith
Eugene
Carroll Raymond Milvin
Shelby
John W. Jones
West North
Bertha Allen
Bright
John Hassell
John Owens
North Senate
Rufus Kuykendall
West Twenty Eighth
Car C. Harris
Leonard
Building Permits for Homes and Businesses This Week
R F Endicott builds syets and a garage at 4510 Schofield for 2 dollars. Tenth and Enn Realty Co. installs boilers at 1011 North Penns for 2,700 dollars. Mrs Stout repairs 628 West Tenth for 200 dollars. West Baking Co remodels 10 South Orie Oriental for 2,000 dollars. Ok the 1st Germa past church furnaces at Iowa and Sing Fae eat 200 dollars.
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R. F. Endicott
Syets
Schofield
Tenth
Enn Realty Company
North Penns
Vanis
Ogden declines Gilliam free legal aid offer
James M. Ogden, attorney general elect, rejects an offer by retiring AG Arthur L. Gilliam to continue free state legal services. Ogden cites an adequate staff and will take over after assuming office January 1. Gilliam would assist without pay in key cases if needed.
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James M. Ogden
Arthur L. Gilliam
Ogden
Gilliam
Ku Klux Klan
Shumaker
Stephenson
Connor D. Ross
Samuel R. Artman
E. Burke Walker
Fowler
Ross
Artman
Industrial
Public Service Commission
Walker
Death at Spink Hotel Hidden Identity Inquiries
Coroner C H Keever disclosed a Chinese man who hanged himself in a Spink hotel room Thursday night. He registered as J G Lee and carried bank papers with names C Dong Hum and Wah Fong Tai. A $500 debt note, $9 cash, and a Chinese note directing burial funds and remittance to a son were found. he planned to change trains in Sioux City en route to Iowa.
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C. H. Keever
New York
Chicago
Spink Hotel
J. G. Lee
C. Dong Hum
Wah Fong Tai
China
Sioux City
Hutcheson Mentioned for Hoover's Cabinet
William L Hutcheson of Indianapolis president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is under consideration by President Elect Hoover for secretary of labor. George H Lakey says Hutcheson has wide labor support and long leadership in the union.
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William L. Hutcheson
Indianapolis
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Hoover
George H. Lakey
L. B. of C
J. Hutcheson
Florida
Organized Labor
Lakey
Hutcheson
Columbia Club
Masons, Odd Fellows and Elks
Tipton Girl Irene Sullivan Missing After Barber Visit
Police search for Irene Sullivan 24 of Tipton Ind in a Tipton city case. She visited her brother John Sullivan at 519 East Terrace street and left Thursday afternoon for a barber shop and has not been seen since.
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Irene Sullivan
Tipton
Ind
John Sullivan
East Terrace Street
New York Curb Market Details Furnished Homes for Sale
Classified notice listing furnished light house with PD entrance and a pleasant Jocetion. Mentions children and contact H. L. Parr for purchase details at the New York Curb Market.
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H. L. Parr
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